Affiliate Marketing Executive

Department: Marketing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Cardiff

Hybrid: 2 days per week in-office

About us

In 2002, we became the first insurance comparison site. Our purpose? To make the process of sorting your insurance, utilities or personal finances as easy as possible.

We’re part of RVU. A group of online brands that include Uswitch, Tempcover and money.co.uk. As a group, we use our shared knowledge to empower people, and help them make decisions confidently across a range of household services.

Confused.com is at the cutting edge of the FinTech industry, so we’re always looking for extraordinary talent. If you love what you do, get in touch today!

What’s the role?

An exciting opportunity has come up in the Affiliates team at Confused.com.

We’re looking for an Affiliate Marketing Executive who is passionate about finding new partners to promote Confused.com, making more customers aware of the great deals that we offer. You’ll work with our in-house affiliate team and agency to identify and negotiate deals with websites and apps to drive traffic to Confused.com.

What you'll be doing:

• Reaching out to new partners for a range of insurance products.
• Working with the existing members of the affiliate team to formulate strategies for growth.
• Ensuring all campaigns deliver against our targeted budgets, taking into consideration revenue, spend and ROI
• Working with other teams within the Marketing department to come up with new and creative ways of improving performance. This includes landing pages, messaging, and ways to help our customers.
• Assisting with invoice processing and monthly spend reports.
• Updating monthly performance data for our affiliate partners.
• Using data to identify new and existing opportunities to drive increased levels of profit and revenue for the business.
• Optimising existing partnerships with A/B testing of offers, copy and creative as well as reporting on their performance.

What we're looking for

• Previous experience on affiliate marketing campaigns in a fast-paced environment
• An analytical background with the ability to manipulate data into actionable insights, as well as a solid understanding of budgets and ROI
• Confidence in speaking to agencies and partners in a range of activities including product updates, account changes and negotiations
• Techniques on how to approach new partners and work within a set budget to get maximum return on investment
• Proactive attitude with lots of enthusiasm, personality and commitment
• A strong and confident communicator, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines and manage multiple products and campaigns simultaneously
• A genuine team player with an ability to build relationships within all levels of the business
• Good judgement and problem solving skills
• Someone who strives for continuous improvement

Desirables:

• Knowledge of other areas of marketing such as PPC, SEO or Email

You don’t need to tick off everything on this list - so don’t let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you’re learning plenty during your time with us!

Our commitment to you: